Olu Jacobs real names are Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs. He is a Nollywood veteran actor, was born to parents from Egba Alake in Ogun state ,South West Nigeria on July 11, 1942. He spent his early childhood in Kano and attended Holy Trinity School where he was a member of the debating and drama societies He…

Hundreds of flights at Frankfurt Airport in Germany were cancelled on Thursday due to a winter storm that forced the airport to briefly suspend take-offs and landings. More than 300 of about 1,000 scheduled flights for Thursday at Frankfurt Airport were cancelled, a spokeswoman for the airport operator, Fraport, said on Thursday morning. Flights were…

… As Police arrest 5 for pirating the N500m movie Award-winning Nollywood actress, Toyin Abraham, has said she was hospitalised due to panic attacks resulting from the illegal circulation of her new movie, Malaika. The high-budget movie was exclusively released to the cinema on December 15, 2023. Abraham, who recounted how she stumbled on the…

The Nigerian Communications Commission has suspended its planned barring of Glo subscribers from calling MTN lines for 21 days. The commission disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, signed by its Director, Public Affairs, Reuben Mouka, as a follow-up to its Pre-Disconnection Notice issued on January 8, 2024. In the first notice, the commission stated…

A teacher, identified simply as Okunola, was crushed to death by a driver in Odeomu, Osun State. After the accident, which occurred on Tuesday, the driver of the car reportedly fled the scene as angry residents burnt down the car. The spokesperson for the Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps,…

Apparently piqued by the non-committance of the different tiers of the government to their plights, families of victims of the abducted Kaduna-Abuja travellers have resorted to source for ransom fee from well-meaning Nigerians. Arewa PUNCH investigations reveal that the broken-hearted relatives say they are taking their collective destiny into their hands so that they could…

Three suspected armed robbers lost their lives during a gun duel with a combined security team comprising police operatives from the Osun State Police Command and members of Nigeria Forest Security Service otherwise known as hunters at a robbery scene in Osogbo on Tuesday. Five members of the gang were also reportedly injured and taken…

The newly deployed Osun State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, Dr Adaralewa Akintayo has declared zero tolerance to act of indiscipline from the Corps’ officers in the state. He promised that officers who bring the image of the corps to disrepute would be dealt with in accordance to the extant rules….

Some residents of Ibadan, Oyo State, on Tuesday, said there was an explosion in parts of the state capital. There were also videos online that showed a dusty cloud and burning houses and cars. A University of Ibadan student, who spoke with our correspondent on the telephone said, “It is true. We all heard the…

The Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja on Monday ordered the remand of one Monday Odeh in the Nigerian Correctional Service Facility, over the alleged murder of a 54-year-old man, Abdulahi Yinusa. Justice Adenike Coker made the remand order of Odeh after he was arraigned on a count of murder preferred against him by…